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22-year-old owns Snider boutique

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Senator sounds off on parking

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Basketball tryouts begin

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Brown Bag begins PAGE 3

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October 9, 2013

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President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Richard W. Fisher sat down with Texas Monthly Senior Editor Erica Grieder Monday night.

Fed CEO talks economy Brooke Bordelon Contributing Writer bbordelon@smu.edu Around 400 business-minded men and women, still dressed in their crisp workday attire, filed into Mcfarlin Auditorium on SMU’s campus to hear Richard W. Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas discuss the state of the economy with Texas Monthly Senior Editor Erica Grieder.

When one hears the words CEO, banker and Harvard alum, a certain type of person comes to mind.

Richard Fisher, however, embodies quite the opposite of the “banker” stereotype. He is surprisingly grounded with an impressive sense of humor for a man who’s life’s work is devoted to monetary policy. This is perhaps due to the fact that Fisher’s childhood is quite unlike many of the nation’s leading businessmen.

SMU’s forum website for faculty and students states that Fisher is a first generation American, having spent his formative years in Mexico.

He attended the Naval Academy

and later graduated with honors from Harvard. His path to success, however, was by no means easy.

“In my family, which came up rough, work was the route to dignity,” Fisher said. “I can’t imagine my father who was a ward of the state, by the way, and arrested at the age of six and sentenced to seven years for begging…I think he would rather die than accept a welfare payment.”

The Editor of Texas Monthly, Jake Silverstein, introduced Fisher and Grieder and elaborated on Fisher’s unique path to success.

“Fisher, himself, is an unusually interesting central banker, who happens to run an unusually interesting regional fed bank,” Silverstein said. “Fisher was briefly raised in Mexico, and his family didn’t have a lot of money and advantages — unlike many of the colleagues of his that sit around the fed table with him. He has a fascinating rags to riches personal story.”

Despite his triumphant story, however, Fisher barely touched on his upbringing during his interview

with Grieder, perhaps due to his humble, hardworking spirit, which has led him thus far. He believes that Texas’ economy is the leader in the nation’s job creation due to Texans acceptance that success cannot come without putting in the hard work, a trait that he attributes largely to the whole middle of the United States.

“If you want great social services go to California, go to Michigan, go to Illinois, if you want to work come here,” Fisher said.

Fisher’s main focus of the talk came down to what the government needs to be doing to help propel America’s economy forward. He explains that the Federal Banks are supplying the necessary “fuel” for the tank of America’s economy, but the government has yet to figure out how to drive the car. This has caused a “total fog of uncertainty” surrounding America’s financial future due to fiscal authorities who cannot make up their minds. It’s clear Fisher likes his metaphors.

In order to clear the fog, so to say, Fisher insists that the United States must get fiscal policy right

by providing businesses with an incentive that will spark the economy.

He states that basic principle is to figure out a way to correct the many years of government overspending.

“I don’t want to get into specifics, but it is very simple, and in its simplicity it is very difficult,” Fisher said.

Fisher also notes that America must step up its game when it comes to elementary and secondary education. He describes this sector of the public sphere as the “Achilles tendon” of America as it has gradually fallen further and further behind competing countries. He also believes that with the recent government shutdown, America is “raising a giant question mark to the world”, and if something is not done soon the world is going to begin to lose confidence in the United States.

However, he does believe that right now is America’s chance to begin to enact positive change. The shutdown serves as a wake up call for our elected officials. It lets them know that there is healthy competition out there and that America can’t be lazy.

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Student Senate took another small step in the persistent problem of campus parking last night. Mark Rhodes, director of Parking and ID Card Services, stepped up to the speaker’s podium in front of student representatives that were able to ask him questions and suggest ideas. Student Body President Ramon Trespalacios said the Senate is working to find a solution for parking.

“The [parking] problem is going to increase as we continue developing the campus,” Trespalacios said.

Senate is organizing a small group of representatives to work with Rhodes to create

a list of recommendations, which Trespalacios said he will propose to President R. Gerald Turner.

Trespalacios hopes the list of proposals will be viable solutions that will produce longterm benefits.

Students can participate in a discussion of campus issues at the Town Hall Meeting Senate is hosting on Thursday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Commons. Administrators from different areas of campus will be available for the discussion and for students to ask them questions. Trespalacios said topics will include PerunaNet, campus safety, parking and diversity.

Trespalacios also encourages students to use the hashtag “#fixitsenate” to share their ideas for campus and student life improvements.

Trespalacios is currently working on a suggestion provided by recent graduate Brad Ray via the hashtag in a status on his Facebook. Ray suggested to move the student section in Ford Stadium to between the 40-yard lines, behind the opposing team where many other universities place their student sections.

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Campus parking on gameday has irked students for years.

Profile

Prof. Detcheva looks forward to out of classroom learning for faculty, students KatY Roden Editor-in-Chief kroden@smu.edu Editors’ note: In August 2014 SMU will debut the Residential Commons on-campus living model.

Eleven Faculty-in-Residence were selected to live among students. This is part three of 11 FiR profiles.

RYAN MILLER / The Daily Campus

Maritza Vargas, Marissa Ocampo and Yenny Perez listen as Amey Kessel speaks at Monday’s event.

Garment workers discuss human rights, empower students Patricia Villacin Contributing Writer pvillacin@smu.edu Cracked walls that could collapse at any moment.

Unsanitary workrooms and employees tirelessly working for hours on end. These exploitative conditions are what define the industry Maritza Vargas and Yenny Perez work for.

Vargas and Perez are garment factory workers from the

Dominican Republic. While the women shared many of their industry’s harsh realities to a group of students and teachers in the Owen Fine Arts building on Oct. 7, they also imparted a message of optimism. Vargas and Perez work for a place they call “a beacon of hope” — a place called Alta Gracia, the first ever livingwage college apparel factory.

“It’s really sad to think about those fathers and mothers returning home from work at

night, having no way of knowing how they’re going to put food on the table and feed their kids that day because the money that they’re paid is not enough to be able to do that,” Vargas said.

“At Alta Gracia, we have piece of mind when we come home because we know that what we make is enough to be able to feed our families and give them nutritious food to get by.”

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Professor Miroslava Detcheva is no stranger to new experiences and different environments. She was born in Bulgaria, and has lived in six countries since. She speaks five languages. And next fall, she’ll move into McElvaney Hall with 260 college students.

Detcheva is one of 10 faculty that was selected as a Faculty-inResidence for the fall 2014 rollout of the Residential Commons on-campus living model at SMU. Her decision to apply for the program stemmed from her experience as a law student studying at Oxford University, the origin of the Residential Commons model.

“When I was a student I realized how some of the professors were able to go beyond the classroom teaching,” Detcheva said. “I feel that those people that take that extra step and that try to connect with students outside the classroom

are the ones that make a difference in the life of students.”

After her undergraduate studies, Detcheva completed two Masters programs at Baylor University, then completed law school at SMU’s Dedman School of Law. She has been a Spanish professor on the Hilltop since 2007.

“I found it difficult to be able to cover what I’m supposed to cover in my classes and also be able to go one step beyond,” Detcheva said. “I think that’s where the Residential Commons will give me the opportunity to be a mentor and share my experiences and go beyond my subject.”

While Detcheva only teaches Spanish classes, she speaks five languages. She left her home in Bulgaria after high school and lived in Mexico, Germany, England, Spain and the U.S. “There’s that international aspect that’s really important in my life,” Detcheva said. “That really matches the goals SMU has: to put emphasis on global education and that we take pride that ‘World Leaders are Shaped Here.’”

Detcheva believes the Residential Commons will create pride, a sense of belonging and will help students become more involved on campus.

She said the different activities organized by each Commons, as well as between the 11 Commons will

RYAN MILLER / The Daily Campus

Professor Marislava Detcheva

create learning in an untraditional way.

“Education is a lot more than just going to your five classes and learning a subject and being tested,” Detcheva said. “While you’re at the university that’s time [that] can be a life-changing experience. You can find new passion in life. Or it can be the first time you’re able to go abroad and learn about a new culture. Learning should take place beyond the classroom and that’s what I’m looking forward to.”

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HEALTH STYLE

WEDNESDAY n JANUARY OCTOBER18, 9, 2013 2012 PROFILE

Piermarini Boutique offers fashion, way of life Brooke H. Reagan Style Editor breagan@smu.edu It’s hard to imagine John Piermarini working anywhere else than the fashion industry. For his first outing as a 10-week-old baby, his mother brought him to the Chanel makeup counter at Neiman Marcus.

When Piermarini turned 15, he asked his mother for a sewing machine and created four garments the same day. In high school, Piermarini dared to wear Gucci high-tops and a Kidrobot hoodie. Obviously, he won the coveted yearbook title of “Best Dressed.”

Piermarini, the 22-year-old owner of Piermarini Boutique in Snider Plaza, feels proud of the store he built everyday — from the day it opened to a regular Wednesday.

“The most exciting part for me is when I see someone on the streets in our designs,” Piermarini said. “I really enjoy that, but I also really enjoy when we make people feel good. When someone walks out of the dressing room and says, ‘I haven’t looked like this in years,’ ‘I’ve never had a dress that fit me like this before,’ or ‘I don’t care if no one else likes this. I like it and I want to get it!’”

Twenty-two may seem young, but Piermarini has surpassed expectations all his life. His mother Tina, a personal and executive coach, believed in raising Piermarini and his brother Michael in the most creative way that uniquely suited them, not the norm. “I didn’t want to carve their path but let them make the first footprints,” Tina Piermarini said.

When most children still ate paste, Piermarini lived in libraries, bookstores, zoos and art museums.

He always wanted more.

Despite protest from Piermarini’s teachers, Tina Piermarini pulled him out of middle school and hired him a private tutor for the rest of the year. The following year, she enrolled her son in The Westwood Montessori School in Dallas, a European program with an emphasis

Photo courtesy of John Piermarini

Boutique Owner John Piermarini has been interested in watching trends change and evolve throughout his life. At 22, he owns his own store in Snider Plaza.

on how the individual learns, not the class.

John Piermarini attended Greenhill School in Addison for high school. At Greenhill, he really harnessed his personal style of “you doing you and me doing me.”

Piermarini remembers wearing his favorite 7 for All Mankind low-rise, flared, light-washed jeans practically every day of his first year of high school.

“I was just a young kid who could[n’t] care less about others thought about my choice of wardrobe, because what you wear is about you, not anyone else,” John Piermarini said.

At 15 years old, he began working with Abi Ferrin, who won Texas’ Next Top Designer in 2007 and sells her pieces in Stanley Korshak, Nordstrom and other popular stores.

Ferrin taught John Piermarini all aspects of the industry from patternmaking to wholesale to retail.

When the two traveled on buying trips to New York City together, John Piermarini could edit a line down in 10 minutes.

“What’s really unique about John is that he always had a defined point of view so far beyond his years. He

has that drive and that hunger and also that gift to make him very successful,” Ferrin said.

After learning from Ferrin for several years, John Piermarini designed a wedding dress at 17 years old for his teacher’s daughter.

“When I did that, I said this is what I really want to be doing. You look back at a photograph and the first thing you notice is what the person is wearing. To be able to be a part of someone’s life in that way is something I’ve always wanted to do,” he said.

Only one problem stood out. As a senior in high school, the college process surrounded John Piermarini.

Like many of his classmates, he went on college visits. However, at each school, teachers told John Piermarini his experience already put him further ahead than most of the graduates and classes would bore him.

He arrived in his college counselor’s office with a full speech prepared for why he planned to forgo college. He never had to give it.

The counselor said, “You don’t need those degrees. Do what you love to do and are so good at. You have an opportunity of a lifetime and

you should pursue it.”

With that kind of encouragement to follow his passion, John Piermarini opened Piermarini Boutique in a little, 1920s, Uptown house in November 2010 with his mother as his business partner. The first six months felt like a crash course in an MBA program — learning to do everything from marketing to merchandising to designing to ensure the store’s success.

The John Piermarini mission consistently offers traditional pieces with a twist at a “Dallas-affordable” price point. Customers can regularly expect to find a great pair of jeans, leggings, basis T-shirts, leather jackets and bags and a black cocktail dress appropriate for any occasion, according to Brooke Nielsen, an assistant buyer for the boutique.

Only one small, medium and large of each style graces the metal racks and except for very few leather goods, nothing John Piermarini carries costs more than $500.

“I’ve produced things before, and I just know how much it costs to produce a well-made piece of clothing,” John Piermarini said. “I know that when you go shopping, you want to be able to buy something and enjoy it but not break the bank.

It’s just a T-shirt.”

In addition to John Piermarini’s classic yet current approach to fashion, he develops personal relationships with both his customers and designers. When customers shop at the store, he and his employees always ask about their individual style on a day-to-day basis.

“It’s all about that personal experience and getting to know someone, because clothing is really personal,” John Piermarini said.

Unlike big department stores and other boutiques, John Piermarini makes sure his customers don’t feel intimidated. The store doesn’t display mannequins in its windows for a reason. Piermarini Boutique wants customers to decide how to wear the clothing themselves instead of looking at a mannequin and trying to picture themselves dressed

like one.

“People need to know that we’re human and it’s about wearing what we want to wear. It’s not about trying to be the coolest person in town.

There are bigger things ­— people are dying,” he said.

John Piermarini and his mother both enjoy working with the kind of less-established designers who put their heart and soul into their business and check every piece that comes off the machine.

“It’s a wonderful experience to look at these designers and see their expression when they finally get into a store, press recognizes them or someone wears their clothes in a restaurant. Some may sell and some may never get there but at the end of the day, the rewarding feeling is helping these designers of all ages and backgrounds realize their dreams,” Tina Piermarini said.

Natalie Brady started her jewelry company Parker Stone Designs two years ago. She met John Piermarini’s brother, Michael, and admired his bracelets. Michael Piermarini gave Brady the contact information for Piermarini Boutique and after months of emailing back and forth, Brady scored her first appointment as a designer with Piermarini Boutique.

Photo courtesy of John Piermarini

Piermarini Boutique is located at 6827 Snider Plaza, Dallas, Texas.

WEDNESDAY October 9 FactSet Research Session, 354 Maguire, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

October 10

October 11

Out at Breakfast, Flagpole, 9 a.m.

Women’s Equestrian vs. Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, 10 a.m.

Coca Cola Info Session, 351 Maguire, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Brown Bag Dance Series, Bob Hope Lobby in the Owen Arts Center, 12:30 p.m.

Third Annual Slam Poetry featuring Taylor Mali, HughesTrigg Theatre 8 p.m.

Student Senate Town Hall, HTSC Commons, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Krush on Kappa, Flagpole, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 6 1:15 AM. Public Intoxication.

SMU Blvd. A student was arrested, cited and booked into the University Park Jail for public intoxication.

He was also referred tot he Student Conduct Officer. Closed.

8:13 AM. Fire Alarm. Phi Gamma Delta House. An officer responded to an active fire alarm. The fire panel indicated activation of the smoke detector in the dining hall.

University Park Fire Depart-

Now, Brady is one of Piermarini’s closest clients with the two talking about Brady’s exotic designs from Tibet and Nepal on coffee dates.

“John [Piermarini] and the store are so supportive of me. Anytime anyone needs something custom like a body chain, I’m [the] first person John [Piermarini] calls.

We’re in constant communication.

[He] always wants to know what I’m doing, so he can educate his customers,” Brady said.

John Piermarini originally estimated it would take five years for the boutique to move to a larger space.

It took two. Driving through Snider Plaza in August 2012, he spotted an exposed brick wall and cool, concrete floors and instantly knew it had to be Piermarini Boutique’s new home.

Since its relocation to a more central location, the store services customers all over Dallas from SMU girls to 50-year-old mothers.

“It’s impressive to watch someone go from a high school kid to successfully launching a business in a [five years.] I don’t really know what John’s next step is. I imagine he’s going to start his own line. Selfishly, I’d like him to launch Piermarini Boutiques all over the country,” Ferrin said.

Masquerade Ball, HTSC Ballrooms, 8 p.m.

ment arrived on scene, checked the location, and rest the fire panel.

Closed.

8:09 PM. Fire Alarm. Sigma Chi House. An officer responded to an active fire alarm. The panel stated the alarm was located on the third floor hallway. On the third floor the officer could smell of odor of a burning cigarette. University Park Fire Department responded and stated the possible cause was an individual smoking on the third floor.

They reset the fire panel and cleared the area. Closed.

Brown Bag Dance Series, Bob Hope Lobby in the Owen Arts Center, noon Faculty Piano Recital, Liudmila Georgievskaya, Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 8 p.m.

OCTOBER 7 7:10 PM. Fire Alarm. Alpha Chi Omega House. On arrival I could hear an alarm but there were no horns or strobes. A check of the fire panel showed a supervisory alarm from the AC line. University Park Fire Department responded to the location but they could not silence the alarm or reset the panel. Risk Management responded to also provide assistance.

The alarm was unable to be silenced and a technician was called to repair the system. The house was placed under fire watch until the technician could repair the alarm. Closed.

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Fall 2013 Brown Bag receives high praise christina cox Contributing Writer clcox@smu.edu The rustling of brown paper bag lunches and the conversations between students was replaced with anticipation and silence as one dancer holding a sign quickly passed along the front of the makeshift stage, marking the beginning of the Brown Bag Dance Series.

SMU students, parents, faculty and staff and members of the Dallas community watched and cheered as Meadows dance majors and minors performed 13 student-choreographed works in the Bob Hope Lobby of the Owen Arts Center.

This fall, 15 dance students choreographed modern, ballet and jazz pieces for Brown Bag. The dances ranged in size with dance majors and minors performing duos, trios and group numbers.

According to Hope Endrenyi, sophomore dance major and Brown Bag performer, the dancers prepare about a month and a half to two months in advance for the dance concert.

“Brown Bag is just a chance to bring dance to the public in a casual and fun way,” Endrenyi said.

“Anyone can come and go as

you please.”

However, most of the audience stayed for the entirety of the free 45-minute performance, mesmerized by the movements and talent of the performers.

After the final dance, the audience erupted in applause and cheers, congratulating the dancers for their hard work and success.

“I loved it so much, I’ll probably go again later this week,” sophomore Molly O’Connor said.

O’Connor has attended previous performances of the Brown Bag Dance Series and continues to go to the biannual dance concert to see the new, different styles of dance.

A crowd favorite was the final piece, a high-energy number to Beyonce’s “Schoolin’ Life” choreographed by Kyra McCarty and Aubrey Neal.

Dancers wore high heels while they performed, a change from the usual Brown Bag footwear of socks, pointe shoes or no shoes at all.

Another favorite was the first piece to Beirut’s “Elephant Gun” choreographed by junior Hattie Haggard.

The piece was a large group dance with a positive feel.

“The last dance was my favorite, but they were all so good,” O’Connor said, struggling

to pick out her favorite number.

“I can just tell that they all love doing what they’re doing and that makes me happy.”

Endrenyi agreed with O’Connor, stating that Brown Bag is meant to be fun and relaxed.

“It’s not stiff like the theater where you sit and just watch,” she said.

During Brown Bag, dancers are able to get closer to the audience and interact with them, making it a more personal performance.

Senior Margaret Fegan attends Brown Bag every semester and said that this one was just as awesome and amazing as previous years.

“It is the highlight of my semester between midterms and finals,” Fegan said.

“I have tons of friends in it [brown bag] and they did a great job.”

The Brown Bag Dance Series will continue throughout the week with performances at noon Wednesday and Friday and at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Meadows Dance Department is also looking forward to its Community Series: Creative Movement and Performance Oct. 20 in Klyde Warren Park and its fall dance concert Nov. 13-15 in the Bob Hope Theater.

ANNE CLARKSON/The Daily Campus

The Fall 2013 Brown Bag Dance Series kicked off on Monday at noon and will continue daily through Friday.

Courtesy of AP

This publicity photo released by Warner Bros. shows Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone in “Gravity.”

‘Gravity’ opening exceeds box office expectations chase wade Staff Writer cdwade@smu.edu Considering that Sandra Bullock and George Clooney’s new thriller “Gravity” was set in outer space, it shouldn’t be a surprise that its box-office results are out of this world.

“Gravity” rocketed past studio expectations and garnered an impressive $55.6 million over the weekend, and with strong critical reaction, should be able to reach $100 million (its production budget) in its third week.

“Gravity’s” opening was a record for the month of October, which is generally looked at as a slow month for the box-office.

“Paranormal Activity 3” previously held the record with $52.6 million for its 2011 debut.

Not only did “Gravity” set records for the month, but it also gave Clooney and Bullock their best debuts yet.

Clooney’s previous biggest haul came in 1997 with “Batman & Robin” while Bullock’s came just this summer with “The Heat.”

Whereas “Gravity” garnered the adult audience, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” captured the kids.

“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” fared well in its second week at the boxoffice with a haul of $21.5 million, about 40 percent less than its $35 million opening weekend last week.

Rounding out the top five were Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck’s action picture “Runner Runner” at just $7.6 million, Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal’s thriller “Prisoners” at $5.7 million and the Ron Howard

directed Formula 1 racing movie “Rush” at $4.4 million.

“Gravity” gained a CinemaScore of “A-” which means it should have strong legs into its second weekend.

However, it will have some

competition this weekend, particularly from the Tom Hanks led picture “Captain Phillips.”

The movie opened to a standing ovation earlier this month at the New York Film Festival.

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High time for change zain haidar Contributing Writer zhaidar@smu.edu With a government in gridlock, a debt ceiling looming and political pundits already grasping at the next presidential election, it’s time to wake up and smell the cannabis. We don’t have our act together. When 20 states allow the legal sale of medicinal marijuana while the federal government still leers at the drug with “Reefer Madness” goggles, something is out of sync.

Based on the 1970s Controlled Substances Act, the federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug. This label asserts that marijuana has a high potential for abuse, no accepted safety standards and most damning: no medical use. Schedule II drugs, however, have accepted medical uses. Think for a second about drugs you consider safer than marijuana. Do meth, cocaine and opium jump out at you? If not, you’re already one step ahead of the federal government, which considers these and other Schedule II drugs more appropriate for patients than a joint. This kind of hazy logic relies on old school fear politics rather than clear-headed decision making.

As for negative side effects, inhaling smoke in any form is harmful to the lungs. However a multitude of methods to ingest the drug have cropped up alongside the medical marijuana movement from vaporizing (think e-cigarettes) to topical lotions. Preliminary

studies show marijuana’s effectiveness at treating illnesses from glaucoma to diabetes.

Even cancer victims and HIV/ AIDS patients can benefit from the drug indirectly – cannabis increases the appetite, can improve quality of life and alleviates many painful symptoms of terminal illnesses.

Unfortunately for these patients and millions of Americans, marijuana’s Schedule I classification makes it nearly impossible for researchers to investigate its medicinal potential. The only legal marijuana source for research in America is the National Institute on Drug Abuse which rarely supports studies that explore the possible therapeutic effects of the drug.

Without an adequate amount of solid research conducted by academics, politicians are reluctant to back medicinal marijuana and the vicious cycle continues.

Up until the late 1930s, medicinal marijuana use was legitimate in the U.S. and pharmacists sold the drug as a pain reliever. The American Medical Association urged the Ways and Means Committee to support research into the drug and block the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act. It’s time we hearken back to the common sense of that era, change federal standards on cannabis and agree that a cancer patient in Texas has just as much a right to light up as a Californian.

Haidar is a junior majoring in journalism.

Park ‘N Pony banking at students’ expense What costs between $500,000 and a million dollars?

A house in University Park?

Perhaps an aptly adorned condo in Museum Tower?

The answer is even better: the amount SMU Parking Services collects from citations alone in a year. Feel free to vomit, because I did.

Blasting down Central or Hillcrest it’s easy to forget that, no matter how fast you go or which obnoxiously-slowmoving law garage pedestrians you run over, there won’t be a parking spot waiting at the other end of the rainbow.

You won’t be on time to class, you won’t be excused if you walk in late or miss altogether, and you won’t be forgiven by the parking fairies that float around campus spitting out those yellow envelopes from hell.

Alas, I’m sure some folks out there are thinking, “Just get there earlier,” as they read this article from their vehicles, parked in their guaranteed

I didn’t want a government anyway matthew costa Associate Sports Editor mcosta@smu.edu While on my way to my local gun and passport boutique in Plano last week, I noticed a strange sign reading, “Closed until further notice.

Thanks Obama.”

Not quite sure of what to make of this, I quickly gathered up my belongings and headed to a local memorial for the SpanishAmerican War, because seeing historical monuments about fake wars gives me a certain thrill.

I was quickly brushed aside upon my arrival by what appeared to be a half-man half-car who kept screaming, “Get out of my way, hippie! We’re protesting!”

I asked why, but the object, I later found out to be a senior citizen, sped away and ran over

a guard who took to blocking the entrance.

At about this time, I worked up the courage to find out what on earth was going on, to which a portly man in a fedora with a neckbeard second only to my own said, “Government’s shut down. We’re finally free from the tyranny of democracy.”

After hearing this wonderful declaration of liberty, I became enraged with the glory of my forefathers. I went back to the gun depository and threw a history book through the glass, signifying my metaphorical outrage at the system, and took three M4 Rifles with me.

Then I proceeded to go to a doctor’s office and get my triannual physical, all the while holding my new weapon, named Betsy, steady and ready to fire at any given notice. As I assumed, I

was as clean as a whistle, despite my high blood pressure, battle scars and glass-shattering related injuries from early in the day.

I hastily rushed out of the office without paying, thanks Obama indeed, and stole a car and several gallons of gas. How I got the gas I’m still unsure, but off I was to Washington, D.C. to claim the new throne as king of America, because I deserve it.

This was obviously a huge risk for my life, considering I knew my hardest task would be to somehow dethrone John Boehner and his trusty sidekick Michele Bachmann.

The two had taken up residence in the Capitol since last week and had created some type of pillow fort using the Speaker’s chair and Harry Reid’s toupee as buffer.

Having paid attention at just the right time in high school

government class, I knew the one way to take both of them down was by using the power of the constitution to my advantage.

With the will of a champion and that historic document, I regained my Xeroxing and paper airplane crafting abilities and rained death from above with thousands of projectile freedom fighters as I took to calling them.

Eventually, the landmark was mine and the two representatives lay defeated in a sea of folded leaflets and the Bill of Rights. I was the champion of America, and everyone was totally cool with how I was, with my emphasis on education and foreign policy.

That’s about the time I woke up and realized nothing’s changed.

Costa is a senior majoring in journalism.

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zane cavender Contributing Writer zcavender@smu.edu

Courtesy of AP

A protestor holds a sign calling on House Speaker John Boehner to pass a clean continuing budget resolution during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees blaming House Republicans on the government shutdown.

“So my suggestion to [John Boehner] has been and will continue to be, ‘let’s stop the excuses, let’s take a vote in the House, let’s end this shutdown right now, let’s put people back to work.’” ­—President Barack Obama on coming to an agreement with Republicans on raising the debt ceiling

parking spots.

The answer is this: when the parking lots and garages are equally filled between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., there is no “earlier” and there are no spots. This is absurd; you, like everyone else who doesn’t live within three inches of the classroom door, have a parking sticker!

But no, we are told by the wizards behind the curtain (or off campus in Expressway Tower), that doesn’t matter at all.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you get something in return for a payment? Don’t you pay the annual parking fee for… well, parking?

One would assume as much.

But nothing says business as usual like a million dollars, so why change anything?

So rest assured, my fellow students, because one million dollars from our collective coffers is going to…well… something, I guess.

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For fans of fun runs, Dallas has options Allie Zoranski Contributing Writer azoranski@smu.edu

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Women fall down in the mud during a Mud Run.

People running from zombies, being doused in colored powders, crawling through mud and overcoming obstacles characterize the newest craze in races.

Sunday, Sept. 22, marked the first day of fall as well as a new running season. As the popularity of themed runs increases, more are being added to the schedule.

According to a survey by Eventbrite, “Themed runs … are already as popular as traditional marathons and half-marathons.”

Themed runs push participants’ physical limits in a fun environment. Many people participate in groups as well.

Eventbrite observed, “54 percent of … themed run participants reported that they would do a themed run to get out and be with their friends, family and community.”

In addition, themed runs are an enjoyable way to get out in the fresh air and exercise. With midterms approaching, finding various methods to de-stress are important for a student’s sanity.

Many themed runs are happening in the Dallas area this fall.

Dirty Girl is a 5K run for women, taking place at Skyline Ranch, which is outside of Dallas, on Oct. 12. The run has many obstacles and tons of mud. It is the ultimate girl power race that benefits Breast Cancer awareness.

“Our participants are rock stars. The sense of camaraderie … is awesome,” said Katie Gohsman, the customer service manager for Dirty Girl. “Participants bond over their trials in life whether it is completing a course that they didn’t think they could complete, overcoming cancer or just getting outside of their comfort zone and getting muddy and letting loose.”

Just in time for Halloween, the Biohazard Zombie Run 5K takes place on Oct. 20 in Fort Worth.

Participants literally need to run for their lives. They have belts with flags attached that represent lives that the runners have left.

They must run and hide from the zombies waiting to contaminate them. The run is not affiliated with any charity.

The Survivor Mud Run 5K at

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When the Blitzer started classes in the fall, he walked not like a lost wide-eyed freshmen but like a seasoned Mustang.

Blitzer was one of many soonto-be students that interacted with M.A.P.S., an acronym for Meadows Ambassadors for Prospective Students. M.A.P.S. is an organization comprised of students who are majors in the Meadows School of Arts who are dedicated to showing potential students what it is like to study in the school of arts.

“The personal interaction with current students made the experience a lot more intimate and relatable to me,” Blitzer said. “I was a little nervous, but I made friends really fast and really enjoyed meeting so many new people.”

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“The best recruiters are the students living in it right then and there,” Newton said. He wanted the students to be the face of M.A.P.S. They were the ones who led the meetings, not him.

The students involved in M.A.P.S. get to experience what it’s like to be a leader. And according to Newton, leadership opportunities lead to retention.

Once students become involved, they are more likely to remain involved throughout their college experience.

According to Newton, SMU needs an organization like M.A.P.S., because students learn how to be selfless by giving their time and energy to others.

“It’s like the Peace Corps,” Newton said.

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According to Taylor, once students attend the meeting, they are encouraged to sign up with assisting in Meadows recruitment with events such as Meadows tours, college fairs, SMU events for prospective students and Homecoming.

M.A.P.S. hosts student panels and overnight stays for prospective students. M.A.P.S. also “calls most prospectives, asks them about their decisions and if they have any questions or concerns,” theater major and former M.A.P.S. member Ryan-Patrick McLaughlin said.

“SMU Meadows was the only school that facilitated such direct access to current students,” McLaughlin said.

Amanda Presmyk, former M.A.P.S. president, recalled her experience with M.A.P.S. when she was a prospective student.

Newton spent over two hours showing her the ins and outs of Meadows. He showed her where his office was and the unique places there are to study in Meadows.

She was able to see the Meadows experience “without a filter”.

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Stone Canyon Ranch on Oct. 19 is a 20-obstacle course for all people who are up for the challenge.

Venders, food and music make for a fun atmosphere, and participants over 21 can look forward to a free beer. They are a for-profit company, but some proceeds are donated to a charity.

The “happiest 5k on the planet” also known as The Color Run comes to Fair Park on Nov. 16. The race “celebrates healthiness, happiness and individuality,” according to its website. Participants wear white, while running through colored powder. It is the perfect event for those looking to get into a themed run because it is less competitive and not timed. The Color Run is also a for-profit event, but they are partnered with The Global Poverty Project and also work with local organizations in the areas of the individual runs.

Sophomore Molly O’Connor participated in The Color Run twice. “[It] was my first run, and I loved it!” she said. “I loved seeing how all that color was making everyone so happy!”

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major role in her decision to come to SMU as a journalism and film major about four years ago and eventually become a Meadows ambassador.

“M.A.P.S. is an extension of what SMU and Meadows are good at,” Presmyk said, “which is being personable and available to students.”

Since Newton left SMU, however, M.A.P.S. has been in a period of transition. “[It’s] weakening as far as student involvement,” Presmyk said.

According to Taylor, however, M.A.P.S. continues to be a great organization in its rebuilding stage as new students are coming and some M.A.P.S. leaders are graduating and moving on. As M.A.P.S. influenced many current Mustangs to decide to attend SMU, Meadows students want to see M.A.P.S. continue to play a role in recruitment for Meadows.

“It allows Meadows to actively represent itself via its student body, which we all know is the real fabric of any academic or artistic institution,” McLaughlin said.

Any Mustangs who want to get involved in M.A.P.S. can contact Marlonda Taylor or visit http://www.smu.edu/Meadows/ Admissions/Undergraduate/ Ambassadors.

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Alta Gracia is an initiative that is rooted in decades of solidarity between college students and garment workers. The factory’s employees make three times the minimum wage in the Dominican Republic’s Free Trade Zone, giving employees enough to afford food, housing, health care and education. Workers are also assured top-notch health and safety conditions and are given a voice through the Democratic Workers Union.

Vargas and Perez mentioned that universities have codes of conduct that describe how workers who produce their spirit apparel should be treated, but 90 percent of factories do not make the effort to implement them.

“The codes are posted up like these beautiful plaques on the wall of the factory we used to work for, but they were kind of just cosmetic,” Vargas said.

“They’d be there so that the visiting monitors would see them when they came to the factory, but they actually weren’t really followed.”

Vargas and Perez are giving this talk as part of a six-week college tour organized by the human rights organization, Solidarity Ignite. Director and

marathons and a color run, prefers more competitive events that are timed than themed runs. “It’s like football. The environment and the game is fun, but it’s taken seriously.

That’s how I view running.”

For more serious runners, there is the Dallas Running Club Half Marathon & 5K on Nov. 3.

The course takes runners around the park surrounding White Rock Lake.

Marin Powell, a junior training for a half-marathon, said, “I was motivated to run a half-marathon because I really wanted a new challenge and to push myself.” She never ran a themed race but is open to getting involved in one.

While themed runs have become more popular in the past year, this genre of race has been around since the ‘90s. Adventure races were one of the first obstacle races. They combine activities such as running, swimming, biking, and climbing with various obstacles.

Mark Burnett, producer of Survivor, created Eco-Challenge in 1995. It became the first worldwide adventure race.

To search for more runs, visit runontexas.com/races for a comprehensive list of Texas races.

organizer Amy Kessel believes in the importance and relevance of allowing the factory workers to bring light to the issues they have faced by speaking to college students face-to-face.

“No one knows what’s going on in the workplace or what workers need for a safer and healthier workplace better than the workers themselves, so hearing it from me is different from hearing it from Yenny and Maritza,” Kessel said. “The kind of leverage that students have over this kind of industry is very unique. Universities can affect this industry, so that’s why we decide to chat with students and do it face-to-face.”

The women ended the talk with one final message and one request. Perez stressed their desire to bring dignified work back to the Dominican Republic and to other countries, but the company needs students’ support by bringing a meaningful quantity of Alta Gracia products to campus.

“This would show the industry and other businesses that this can be done,” Perez said. “Alta Gracia is like a little seed that we can use to show other businesses that it is possible to be profitable while paying workers well and treating them with respect. Only together can we achieve change in the industry.”

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Men ’s Basketball

New hoops season is fast approaching Billy Embody Sports Writer wembody@smu.edu SMU basketball announced some big-time events that will be coming up soon on campus including tryouts for the men’s basketball team.

The tryouts will be held tomorrow at 6 p.m. for anyone wanting to come out to the Crum Basketball Center and Head Coach Larry Brown hopes to find some players that can help the team.

“Walk-ons are an important part of the team,” Brown said before last year’s tryouts. “They have a special place in every good college basketball program. We hope to find one or two students that can help our team.”

In order to participate in the tryouts, students must have a completed physical and results of

a sickle cell solubility test on file, the walk-on tryout form steps one to four completed and the signed tryout waiver.

Any student can reach out to Katie Cowan for details at klcowan@smu.edu if he would like to be a last-minute addition.

In other news, the 2013 SMU Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon is set for Oct. 30 at noon and Mustang fans are invited to purchase tables of nine in order to sit with a coach or student-athlete for $750 or buy an individual ticket for $75.

The luncheon, to be held in the Martha Proctor Mack Grand Ballroom of the Umphrey Lee Center, will have men’s coach Brown and women’s basketball Head Coach Rhonda Rompola as the featured guests.

Both teams are anticipated to have successful seasons with the men’s team returning all five starters while adding three transfers

and the No. 14 ranked recruiting class, while the women’s return four starters including C-USA Player of the Year Keena Mays.

Now less than a month away, SMU men’s basketball team will begin its second season under Brown against TCU in the Tip-Off Showcase at the American Airlines Center on Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m.

SMU students can buy tickets to not only the SMU game, but also to see games that pit Alabama against Oklahoma and Baylor against Colorado for $18.75.

The student tickets are located together in a lower level section.

To purchase tickets, visit dallas. bdglobalsports.com.

SMU also finalized three other games: the Nov. 18 game at Arkansas is at 7 p.m., the Dec. 7 game vs. Hofstra at Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco at noon, and the Dec. 20 game at Wyoming at 8 p.m. CT.

Men ’s Soccer

Mustangs look to turn season around against Temple Wednesday Samuel Snow Contributing Writer ssnow@smu.edu With a 2-8-0 record, the Mustangs will try to take a step forward this Wednesday against Temple at home.

With a three game losing streak and a two game scoreless streak, SMU will attempt to add one to the win column.

In order to do this, SMU will need a good game from their top offensive weapon, Alfred Koroma.

Koroma, a transfer from Akron, leads the Mustangs in

goals with three, half of the team’s total goals.

As it stands, the Mustangs currently sport an anemic shooting percentage of .057. If they stand any chance of rallying this season, that number will have to rise.

Jaime Ibarra, the team’s senior goalkeeper, continues to struggle this season. With an increase in the number of shots getting through, Ibarra’s save percentage has dropped to .694 this season.

As for Temple, the owners of a 7-3-1 record, they will look to Jared Martinelli, a sophomore midfielder, to pace the offense.

Martinelli is the team’s leader in goals, with five, and assists, with three.

In addition to Martinelli, the Owls will rely on their star goalkeeper, Dan Scheck. Scheck is limiting teams to .62 goals per game and has seven shutouts on the season.

The teams have no prior matches, so this will be the first of many for the new conference opponents.

Following this match, SMU will travel up to Ohio for a quick turnaround, facing Cincinnati this Saturday.

Costa’s Corner

Big city, little D Matthew Costa Associate Sports Editor mcosta@smu.edu What a glorious failure of a sports weekend we all just witnessed.

Never in my life of watching college and professional football have I seen two teams that I follow closely play two nearly identical games and with the exact same outcome: a three-point loss.

After waking up Monday morning, having about 12 hours to digest the Cowboys game Sunday, and two days for that wild finish here at Ford Stadium, I thought the only talk of the town would be on the absence of a defense in either case.

Clearly I haven’t been paying attention. The pundits, skeptics and mouthpieces for the biggest media outlets in America can only seem to focus on quarterbacking. The one position in neither of these games that failed to impress, but it’s the one thing they can’t seem to get out of their heads.

Men like Skip Bayless and ESPN Dallas’ own (and SMU professor) Jean-Jacques Taylor choose not to point the finger at the blatantly poor defense of the Cowboys.

Instead, it’s the record shattering signal-caller, whose “ugly” and “predictable” interception somehow overshadows a game defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin should be ashamed to watch this week.

How about here on the Hilltop, where another couple of records were destroyed in a triple-overtime defeat against historic doormat Rutgers? Never mind the fact that our defense made said doormat look like a gold-laced Persian rug.

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Garrett Gilbert threw for 484 yards and five touchdowns against Rutgers.

I consider myself a bit of a snob when it comes to football, in that my favorite type of game plan calls for the old-school style of power running and efficient passing. To do this however, your team needs to have a rocksolid defense that doesn’t give up as many points as a high school basketball game.

We may not have any such luck here in Dallas, with our local pro team averaging nearly 30 points a game allowed, and the college we so lovingly follow ranked 124th in the nation with 43 per contest.

Unfortunately, I can admit my shame in placing my fair share of pointed fingers in Tony Romo and Garrett Gilbert’s direction in the past, but how can I now?

Romo has been almost picturesque this season never turning the ball over, and is now the fifth quarterback in NFL history with 500 yards passing and five touchdowns.

He routinely guided his offense down the field on Sunday like only the elite throwers can.

Meanwhile, Gilbert set the

all-time SMU record for passing yards with 484 points and seven total touchdowns, but as the man under center in June Jones’ system, how could that ever be enough?

These two men had to sit back and watch their defenses give up over 100 points combined this past weekend, and quite frankly, I’m not sure how this could get any better anytime soon.

For the Cowboys, welcome to the real meat of the schedule where the Redskins’ Robert Griffin III and Chip Kelly’s Eagles look for any defensive weakness and pounce like cheetahs.

As for the Mustangs, the move to the American Athletic Conference may have been the best thing to ever happen to this program since Eric Dickerson, because it can’t possibly be worse than the last three games defensively.

A bowl game seems a distant speculation at this point, while the Cowboys are letting any signs of the playoffs slip away like another Peyton Manning pass.